powerslave12r

It just sounds like the reporter is pissed because he couldn't get in on the action.

If this is a scam then so is pooling in money with your friends and family to increase the odds of winning.

Your argument would be more useful if you listed what people are currently cribbing about and then debunked it.

Wonder if real life counts as prior art.

Can someone explain how there aren't any issues with Non-competition clauses for this move?

Is it simply a case of 'maybe he never signed a NCC?'

You're right! I forgot that it was p2p.

> Where are these torrents, with high quality video posted in near real time?

We should see a solution to that soon. http://techcrunch.com/2012/02/13/bittorrent-live/

I would actually watch a reality show covering this. Watching them code, blaming each other over breaking builds, accusing each other of IP theft and so on.

Another interesting thing to think about is how patents come into the picture. Are they allowed to re-invent the wheel in their own world?

If they 'invent' an ipad-like device or another otherwise patented idea in "the real world," would it make people think about the absurdity of patents?

Not to mention there are multiple great phones to choose from. Galaxy Nexus and SIII and the ton of S2 variants.

Thanks for that. I'll update my profile.

Adding to

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Looking at the changelog and the pace of releases is very heartening!

https://raw.github.com/joyent/node/v0.8.4/ChangeLog

Someone please do this! ShowHN: Shamr!

When your whole model revolves around it, the effort that goes into evaluating the prospects of serious research topics will perhaps undergo a massive change as well.

In such cases, you try to convince people to pay for your idea up front. Depending on how revolutionary/badly needed this idea is, it will get funded.

Kickstarter and clones are the answer.

I feel obligated to link to my comment thread on this issue from earlier in the week: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4263790

This article resonates strongly with me as a candidate who works as a generalist Software Engineer at a small company and has been looking out for opportunities.

At this point I am frustrated enough to put up a big 'Fuck you recruiters!' on the top of my resume.

I mean there are tons of software positions that I apply to that I know I can easily handle but just get turned down because of lack of 5x years of experience with Tech Stack Zaphod v4.2.

/rant

Since I already read it once, I'll give you a 50% discount.

So what can I sell this copy for?

http://www.idc.com/MarketScape/download/IDC_MarketScape_Virt...

Who is stopping this athlete from choosing the option of participating in the no-enhancements category?

That's not the argument, that's a bullet point in the whole argument. The argument is that patents are inherently unnatural, arbitrary (where do you draw the line on what's patentable?) and need an artificial force to enforce them.

If all you got out of my post was 'the patent system is a way for the patent office to make money,' then with all due respect, I request you to look through it again.

The worst part about this is people are actually celebrating this as a victory for Apple and a vindication of sorts.

We have to realize that every time some patent is awarded, someone has just robbed the collective human knowledge pool, some patent office has just made money off selling something it doesn't own by taking it away from anyone else who could have come up with it now, or in the future.

Kickstarter's model is the way to go. An idea is only worth so much, you ask what you want to be paid and make it if it matches your price. But given how deeply ingrained the inflated value of an idea and the repeatability of charging for it is in our being, a lot of us think 'But, but he deserves the patent! I mean he was the first one to think about such a complex system.'

How to have a sustainable business model you ask? Charge for your idea upfront and do your repeat business on manufacturing, maintenance, innovation and service. This model inherently tends to promote innovation and forces competition in terms of manufacturing, pushing for the improved and more efficient ways of doing anything. This is how humanity collectively progresses much faster than what we see right now.

Even the smartest people get stuck at the thought of software patents not making any sense but somehow non-software patents seeming fine. The problem is in the idea that someone can be arbitrarily given the right to something that someone else can come up with freely completely independently.

I don't understand how anyone can root for anyone. We lose either way. Think about it before you go ahead with your down vote.

Wow! I just started reading his book (http://www.amazon.com/Seven-Habits-Highly-Effective-People/d...) this weekend and was reading it at lunch less than an hour ago!

Sorry to hear, it's a great book.

You're right and I am addressing that as I mentioned in this: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4227914

This is exactly my problem.

Finally I have committed what might sound like the ultimate sin and given in to the Java/Spring framework. I'm learning various aspects of Spring, should have a small project up on github and plan on "specializing" in this framework for good.

All my other fun work is going to be done on my time alone. I look at it as the 'get serious, time to separate work and play.'

This has become a serious problem for me in my search for a better job.

Interviews are nothing short of awkward.

Interviewer: So what do you like to do?

Me: I'm a Python/Ruby guy. I also have worked in Java/C. Currently playing around with node.js, machine learning algorithms, some functional programming and pet project with my Arduino Duemilanove.

Interviewer: Sounds good, you'll hear from us in the next few days.

:(

The whole 'top journals' concept may not be the best thing to use as a metric.

This is exactly right. As soon as I see that blog theme, I recognize it as 'this is gonna be a good article.'

The only nitpick I have about the site is I think the font is 'too wide.' That's just a personal preference of course.

Gmail and Google search.

The thing I have felt about Google is they don't market their features well.

They will show off a lot of potential but leave it to the imagination of the developers/users to figure out what they can do with it.

I think they have improved upon that to some degree with the Jelly Bean presentation, but I really think their products would be more appreciated if they highlighted good use cases for all their new features.